On Thursday 12 September 2019 08:16:57 David wrote: > On Thu, 12 Sep 2019 at 16:14, deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My RPI4 arrived as well - need to pick up also power supply and > > cables, which arrived too. Excited to see how it performs. > > I have one of the official cases as well but after setting eyes on it > I never even bothered to try it, due to the thermal issues. > I use one of these instead, very happy with it: > https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GeeekPi-Raspberry-Pi-Acrylic-Case-with-Coo >ling-Fan-Heatsinks-for-Raspberry-Pi-4/183870693770 > > I didn't bother with the heatsinks that came with it. I just wanted a > fan and some ventilation instead of a sealed little plastic oven.
I have a combo top/heat sink coming all fins on top. Since it will be mounted upside down and there is a fan under it, it should be ok. Turning it over puts the gpio pins in a straight line to the iface card, cable is only an inch long. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
